Broadband 'critical to the 21st century economy'The quality of broadband services available in the UK is now "critical" to the economy, according to an expert. Communications regulator Ofcom has claimed that the UK's broadband infrastructure is "critical to the 21st century economy".
Speaking at the Westminster eForum keynote seminar: Broadband for All?, the body's partner for strategy and market developments, Peter Phillips, said such quality web services are "no longer the preserve of geeks and cyber visionaries".
He explained that because of this, the industry needs to think beyond the issue of rolling out universal broadband of 2Mbps across the UK by 2012 and look to the future.
"It is important that we collectively keep an eye on the medium-term goal, to make sure we create the right circumstances for the next generation of superfast broadband capable of delivering much higher speeds," he added.
Virgin Media recently confirmed it has rolled Britain's first next-generation network, which offers speeds of up to 50Mbps.
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The beta version of the Virgin Media Player has been released. The number of people signed up to 50Mb broadband with Virgin Media rose by 28 per cent in the second quarter. Ofcom's report into broadband speeds in the UK has been warmly received by Virgin Media. | Clodagh Murphy of Eclipse Internet has given her backing to Ofcom's calls for customers to be better informed about their likely broadband speed. Ofcom has revealed that the average speed of home broadband has increased. Charles Dunstone, TalkTalk's chief executive, has said the service provider plans to spend more on fibre optic broadband this year. |
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